The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 97 128 181
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +53
Permanent jobs citing 3G 131 92 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.535% 1.499% 0.455%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.032% 5.453% 2.390%
Number of salaries quoted 35 81 11
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £33,800 £33,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1631 1687 1004
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 31.57% 27.49% 19.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1245 1362 788
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3G
South East

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 3G across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3G across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire 3G Salary Trend

3G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire 3G Salary Histogram

3G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +36 54 £50,000 +25.00%
Maidenhead +2 4 - -
Newbury -2 4 - -
Slough -23 3 £51,750 +18.28%
3G
South East

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3G also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited 3G.

1 167 (74.55%) Telecoms
2 80 (35.71%) LTE
3 66 (29.46%) Radio Access Network
4 63 (28.13%) Degree
5 57 (25.45%) 4G
6 56 (25.00%) GSM
7 52 (23.21%) 2G
8 51 (22.77%) Broadband
9 49 (21.88%) Project Management
10 45 (20.09%) Cisco
11 44 (19.64%) Wireless
12 39 (17.41%) Validation
12 39 (17.41%) SIGTRAN
13 35 (15.63%) INAP
14 34 (15.18%) DNS
15 33 (14.73%) DHCP
15 33 (14.73%) SNMP
15 33 (14.73%) TCP/IP
15 33 (14.73%) UNIX
16 32 (14.29%) Internet
16 32 (14.29%) Network Design
17 31 (13.84%) Smartphone
18 30 (13.39%) Capacity Management
19 29 (12.95%) Back Office
19 29 (12.95%) SMTP
20 27 (12.05%) Windows
20 27 (12.05%) Billing
21 26 (11.61%) Handset
21 26 (11.61%) VoIP
22 24 (10.71%) Nokia Siemens Networks

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3G also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (4.464%) HTML
1 10 (4.464%) XHTML
2 6 (2.679%) Web Services
3 4 (1.786%) .NET
4 3 (1.339%) CGI
5 2 (0.893%) MFC
5 2 (0.893%) Qt
6 1 (0.446%) SOAP
6 1 (0.446%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 13 (5.804%) Apache
2 10 (4.464%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.339%) Lync
4 1 (0.446%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.339%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.893%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.446%) MS Project
3 1 (0.446%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.446%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 80 (35.71%) LTE
2 66 (29.46%) Radio Access Network
3 57 (25.45%) 4G
4 56 (25.00%) GSM
5 52 (23.21%) 2G
6 51 (22.77%) Broadband
7 44 (19.64%) Wireless
8 39 (17.41%) SIGTRAN
9 35 (15.63%) INAP
10 34 (15.18%) DNS
11 33 (14.73%) DHCP
11 33 (14.73%) SNMP
11 33 (14.73%) TCP/IP
12 32 (14.29%) Internet
13 29 (12.95%) SMTP
14 26 (11.61%) VoIP
15 23 (10.27%) Firewall
16 20 (8.929%) MGW
17 19 (8.482%) HSPA
18 18 (8.036%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.464%) MySQL
2 7 (3.125%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.446%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (3.571%) ClearCase
2 6 (2.679%) Visual Studio
General
1 167 (74.55%) Telecoms
2 29 (12.95%) Back Office
3 27 (12.05%) Billing
4 17 (7.589%) Retail
5 15 (6.696%) Electronics
6 10 (4.464%) Finance
7 5 (2.232%) Legal
7 5 (2.232%) Marketing
8 4 (1.786%) Advertising
8 4 (1.786%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.446%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 36 (16.07%) Design Engineer
2 32 (14.29%) IP Engineer
3 26 (11.61%) Voice Engineer
4 21 (9.375%) Principal Engineer
5 17 (7.589%) Security Engineer
6 16 (7.143%) 3G Engineer
7 15 (6.696%) Test Engineer
8 13 (5.804%) Customer Engineer
8 13 (5.804%) Project Engineer
9 11 (4.911%) Network Engineer
10 10 (4.464%) Analyst
11 9 (4.018%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.018%) Junior
11 9 (4.018%) Software Engineer
11 9 (4.018%) Senior 3G Engineer
12 8 (3.571%) Architect
12 8 (3.571%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.571%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.571%) Senior Design Engineer
13 7 (3.125%) Performance Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.84%) Smartphone
2 26 (11.61%) Handset
3 8 (3.571%) Computer Science
4 6 (2.679%) Clustering
4 6 (2.679%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.679%) Mobile Computing
5 4 (1.786%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.339%) Open Source
7 2 (0.893%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.446%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.446%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.446%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.446%) Statistics
8 1 (0.446%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.73%) UNIX
2 27 (12.05%) Windows
3 19 (8.482%) Linux
4 8 (3.571%) Solaris
4 8 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.339%) Debian
6 2 (0.893%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.893%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (21.88%) Project Management
2 39 (17.41%) Validation
3 32 (14.29%) Network Design
4 30 (13.39%) Capacity Management
5 24 (10.71%) Service Delivery
6 17 (7.589%) CRM
7 13 (5.804%) Performance Testing
8 11 (4.911%) Resource Management
9 9 (4.018%) Performance Management
10 8 (3.571%) Network Planning
10 8 (3.571%) Configuration Management
10 8 (3.571%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (3.571%) Network Architecture
10 8 (3.571%) Network Management
11 7 (3.125%) Test Management
11 7 (3.125%) PRINCE2
11 7 (3.125%) Logistics
12 6 (2.679%) Data Analysis
12 6 (2.679%) Time Management
12 6 (2.679%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.696%) Perl
2 14 (6.250%) SQL
3 11 (4.911%) PHP
3 11 (4.911%) Java
4 10 (4.464%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.018%) C++
6 6 (2.679%) C
7 3 (1.339%) C#
8 2 (0.893%) Python
8 2 (0.893%) VC++
9 1 (0.446%) VBA
9 1 (0.446%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.446%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 63 (28.13%) Degree
2 16 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (5.804%) CCNP
4 11 (4.911%) ISEB
5 9 (4.018%) CCIP
5 9 (4.018%) CCIE
6 8 (3.571%) CCSA
7 7 (3.125%) CCSE
8 6 (2.679%) CCDP
9 4 (1.786%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.786%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.339%) CISSP
11 2 (0.893%) CISM
12 1 (0.446%) PMP
12 1 (0.446%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.446%) EnCE
12 1 (0.446%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.446%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.482%) SLA
2 13 (5.804%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.232%) QA
3 5 (2.232%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.339%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (7.589%) ProxySG
2 3 (1.339%) FreeRADIUS
3 1 (0.446%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (5.357%) HP NNM
1 12 (5.357%) CiscoWorks
1 12 (5.357%) OpenView
2 6 (2.679%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (1.339%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 45 (20.09%) Cisco
2 24 (10.71%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 24 (10.71%) HP
3 20 (8.929%) Ericsson
4 19 (8.482%) Nokia
5 17 (7.589%) Blue Coat
5 17 (7.589%) F5
6 16 (7.143%) Oracle
6 16 (7.143%) CheckPoint
7 14 (6.250%) Huawei
8 12 (5.357%) Redback
8 12 (5.357%) Juniper
9 8 (3.571%) BT
9 8 (3.571%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.679%) Microsoft
10 6 (2.679%) Sun
11 5 (2.232%) T-Plan
12 4 (1.786%) Cramer
13 3 (1.339%) Mapinfo
13 3 (1.339%) ZyXEL
Reading, Berkshire
Principal Voice CS Core Design Lead / Architect ideally who has managed small teams but is also a technical specialist in the Circuit Switched Core / CS Core particularly ideally...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £6k Car Allow + Bonus to 20%
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Key skills required include some of two or more of the following *3G Mobile Packet Core architecture *3G Circuit Switched Core architecture *CS Voice, messaging or popular internet...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £62000 per annum + £6k Car Allow + Bonus to 20%
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Junior Project Engineer - Handsets / Devices / Quality of Service / Drive Test / Field Test - Telecoms... Key Skills: Previous experience in field test / drive test / mobile handset testing would be advantageous.....
Prosper Consulting
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum DOE + Excellent Corporate Package
Posted: 17 May 2013